Give Kids A Smile registration begins next week

By Times-News

Published: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 04:57 PM.

■ live in a family with financial need and have no dental insurance

■ not be enrolled in N.C. Medicaid or N.C. Health Choice programs

This is the 10th year volunteers, local dentists, the Alamance County Health Department and the Alamance-Caswell Dental Society have organized the event. Last year, 91 children were seen by volunteers and 14 local dentists and underwent 500 dental procedures. Thirty-six children were adopted by local dentists for further treatment at no cost.

Since 2003, more than $1 million in free dental work has been donated through Give Kids A Smile.

Burlington’s annual free dental clinic for children — Give Kids A Smile — will be held Feb. 2.

The event will be at the Alamance Children’s Dental Clinic, 1914 McKinney St., Burlington, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. that Saturday. It’s meant for children who have no dental insurance to be seen for routine examinations.

Registration begins Tuesday and ends Jan. 24. Appointments can be scheduled by calling 336-221-1267 from 9 a.m. - noon and 2-5 p.m. A limited number of appointments are available.

To be eligible, children must:

■ be in preschool through eighth grade

■ live in Alamance or Caswell counties

■ live in a family with financial need and have no dental insurance

■ not be enrolled in N.C. Medicaid or N.C. Health Choice programs

This is the 10th year volunteers, local dentists, the Alamance County Health Department and the Alamance-Caswell Dental Society have organized the event. Last year, 91 children were seen by volunteers and 14 local dentists and underwent 500 dental procedures. Thirty-six children were adopted by local dentists for further treatment at no cost.

Since 2003, more than $1 million in free dental work has been donated through Give Kids A Smile.